Trasluz's manufacturing plants apply EPC tags to all products, enabling the company's warehouse to track their arrival and departure, and its franchise-operated stores to employ RFID for inventory tracking, at the point of sale and for security.

SML Group launches RFID solutions for retail garment and item tracking; Cascade Engineering's Xtreme RFID division launches on-metal UHF tag made with Avery Dennison inlay; Leo InnoTech, UPM RFID implement solution for apparel warehouse optimization in China; Sony Ericsson announces NFC-enabled Xperia smartphones, tags; LSCM R&D Center intros near-field UHF RFID reader chip; Hutchison Port Holdings unveils round-the-clock monitoring service for cargo, assets.

The Spanish glass manufacturer is using a system from JSV Infomatica y Comunicaciones to improve efficiency and reduce errors as pallets of product move though its warehouse and on to customers.

ALDI and Lidl are both using active tags from Albis Technologies to ensure only authorized personnel enter their warehouses; Lidl is also using the technology for its freezers.

SeD Logistiques employs a UHF solution from Tagsys known at FiTS to automate the receiving, packing and shipping of fashion apparel at its Paris warehouse.